OT Blinking screen

[Lanny]

Whenever I restart my computer or wake up firefox I get a blinking screen. What's going on?
The blinking lasts from 0 to 300 blinks with an average of about 120 (that's a wag).
I've seen fixes that require me to either write stuff down and I have a great deal of difficulty writing anything. My wife signs everything for me. Also, there is reading involved and I am blind in one eye and have poor vision in the other eye.
I need some help in figuring this one out.

 

[CupWizier]

could be a video driver issue. Try uninstalling it and re-installing it and see what happens. How long has it been happening? You can always do a restore from a saved point in system restore.

 

[Lanny]

could be a video driver issue. Try uninstalling it and re-installing it and see what happens. How long has it been happening? You can always do a restore from a saved point in system restore.

I've had my driver at least two years and I've had the blinking problem for about two or three months.
There are also some apps that could be the source of my trouble but there are way too many to figure out which one may be the culprit.

 

[CupWizier]

I've had my driver at least two years and I've had the blinking problem for about two or three months.
There are also some apps that could be the source of my trouble but there are way too many to figure out which one may be the culprit.

That's why a system restore can often fix things if you have saved dates (some are automatically saved). It will restore the system to before when programs might have been installed. Drivers can also become corrupted even though it has been fine for a couple years.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

When you press ctrl+alt+delete is the task manager window flickering as well? If not than its more than likely an application running into an issue.

Also if you have windows 10, I believe there are some known windows issues with screen flickering.

 

[ABM]

I'm so sorry, you should have never visited pedophile island.

 

[tlongII]

Maybe its got something in it's eye?

 

[riverman]

Sounds like monitor dying .color chip nternal battery dying...I'd check hardware issues first before a lot...Windows 10 started selling drivers now so I can't play my cds or dvds on the computer drive without buying their driver....I just stopped using the computer for discs....use a flat screen with a dvd player instead. You might fix any software issues by rebooting your system to a date before this started happening

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

www.apple.com

 

[THE HCP]

I don’t have that problem.

 

[THE HCP]

www.apple.com

You beat me to it FAMS!

 

[riverman]

I don’t have that problem.

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yeah...you might try plugging it in though

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

You beat me to it FAMS!

I have fast internets.

 

[MarAzul]

could be a video driver issue. Try uninstalling it and re-installing it and see what happens. How long has it been happening? You can always do a restore from a saved point in system restore.

The description seems like a monitor going out. That is just the way a back light going bad introduces its' demise.

 

[calvin natt]

I cannot stand working on an Apple. Literally want to throw it out the window. Way too many years spent on Windows to deal with how to navigate around a Mac. Was given an Apple desktop and just last week went out and bought something else.

 

[CupWizier]

The description seems like a monitor going out. That is just the way a back light going bad introduces its' demise.

Easy way to test that would be to hook up the monitor to another computer and see if that corrects the problem.

 

[H.C.]

I'd make sure the Monitor plugins are plugged in completely before I'd jump to the assumption the monitor is dying.
After you've pulled the plugs and put them back in. If you're still experiencing blinking, the next step is to plug the monitor into another computer.
However if you're only experiencing blinking. Then I highly doubt it's your gpu. Blinking on an LCD monitor is typical signs of one going out.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I cannot stand working on an Apple. Literally want to throw it out the window. Way too many years spent on Windows to deal with how to navigate around a Mac. Was given an Apple desktop and just last week went out and bought something else.

HAVE FUN WITH YOUR CONTROL PANEL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S SLOWING UR COMPUTER DOWN

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

HAVE FUN WITH YOUR CONTROL PANEL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S SLOWING UR COMPUTER DOWN

Have fun with your over priced proprietary everything, with crappy parts, that gets mediocre support from third parties.

Would rather build my own PC 100/100 times.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Have fun with your over priced proprietary everything, with crappy parts, that gets mediocre support from third parties.

Would rather build my own PC 100/100 times.

I JUST SURF THE NET AND FUCK

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

I JUST SURF THE NET AND FUCK

Doing that to your computer seems odd, but to each their own!

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Are any of your loved ones stuck in the Upside Down?

 

[e_blazer]

I go for low tech solutions. If you can blink your eyes at the same rate as the screen, problem solved.

 

[Lanny]

When you press ctrl+alt+delete is the task manager window flickering as well? If not than its more than likely an application running into an issue.

Also if you have windows 10, I believe there are some known windows issues with screen flickering.

The task manager won't come up when it's flickering.

 

[barfo]

Have fun with your over priced proprietary everything, with crappy parts, that gets mediocre support from third parties.

Would rather build my own PC 100/100 times.

Have fun building 100 PCs!

barfo

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Have fun building 100 PCs!

barfo

Probably built more than that in my life, and I did enjoy it.

 

[Hoopguru]

I don’t have that problem.

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That a boy!

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

The task manager won't come up when it's flickering.

My guess is something was installed that's causing an error on a video card driver.
I was hoping to get some time to look into this at work today but well had to actually be productive.

 

[Lanny]

My guess is something was installed that's causing an error on a video card driver.
I was hoping to get some time to look into this at work today but well had to actually be productive.

Nothing has changed on my video driver that I know of.